Sight and Embodiment in the Middle Ages

Zusatztext 'This is a book which should make us rethink our assumptions relating to the medieval body and ways of seeing.' - Megan Cassidy-Welch! H-France Informationen zum Autor SUZANNAH BIERNOFF in the School of History of Art, Film and Visual Media at Birkbeck, University of London Klappentext This book breaks new ground by bringing postmodern writings on vision and embodiment into dialogue with medieval texts and images: an interdisciplinary strategy that illuminates and complicates both cultures. This is an invaluable reference work for anyone interested in the history and theory of visuality, and it is essential reading for scholars of art, science or spirituality in the medieval period. Zusammenfassung This book breaks new ground by bringing postmodern writings on vision and embodiment into dialogue with medieval texts and images: an interdisciplinary strategy that illuminates and complicates both cultures. This is an invaluable reference work for anyone interested in the history and theory of visuality, and it is essential reading for scholars of art, science or spirituality in the medieval period. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction: Medieval Vision in Perspective PART I: CARNAL VISION Flesh The Eye of the Flesh PART II: PERSPECTIVA Scientific Visions The Optical Body PART III: REDEMPTION The Custody of the Eyes Ocular Communion Bibliography Index

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List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction: Medieval Vision in Perspective PART I: CARNAL VISION Flesh The Eye of the Flesh PART II: PERSPECTIVA Scientific Visions The Optical Body PART III: REDEMPTION The Custody of the Eyes Ocular Communion Bibliography Index

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'This is a book which should make us rethink our assumptions relating to the medieval body and ways of seeing.' - Megan Cassidy-Welch, H-France

Product details

• Authors: S Biernoff, S. Biernoff, Suzannah Biernoff
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2002
• EAN: 9781349427222
• ISBN: 978-1-349-42722-2
• No. of pages: 258
• Series: The New Middle Ages; The New Middle Ages
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; B, Cultural History, European History, Social History, Social & cultural history, Ancient History, Civilization—History, Palgrave History Collection, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History, History, Ancient, Europe—History, History of Medieval Europe, Europe—History—476-1492, European history: medieval period, middle ages, History of Ancient Europe